A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust novel Chapter 702

"Text me your bank details later, I'll send you your first month’s pay in advance."

"Alright," Zane replied without hesitation.

After a quick word with Zane, Calliope headed off to find Quentin and the others.

"I’m back!" she announced brightly.

All four of them turned to look at her, brows creased with concern.

"Callie, are you feeling okay?" Quentin asked, "You were in the bathroom forever. Are you sick or something?"

"No, no!" Calliope shook her head quickly. "I just took a call in there. Archie’s got a bit of a situation, and I need to help him sort it out. You guys go ahead and head home without me. I’ll catch up later!"

"When you get back, could you start prepping for dinner? Wash the veggies, get things ready for dinner? If I make it back in time, I’ll do the cooking!"

She looked at them hopefully.

Calliope was a natural at telling little white lies, and the group didn’t seem to doubt her story. Still, they pressed a little.

"Callie, is your friend okay? Anything we can do to help?"

"If you can’t handle it alone, we could come with you!"

"Yeah, an extra pair of hands never hurts. We can tag along."

Everyone watched her, waiting.

Calliope shook her head. "It’s nothing major, actually. More people would just make it complicated. I’ve got this! It’s getting late anyway, you all should head home and get started on dinner."

Silas and the rest shrugged and left without any more fuss.

"Exactly," Zane said flatly.

"So Oliver’s plan is: if he can’t convince Silas to be his heir, he’s not leaving? What’s his obsession anyway? He basically cut Silas out of his life back then, practically ran him out of town."

Calliope’s voice was edged with annoyance.

"Because he is strong, really strong. Our boss likes powerful people. Back then, he didn’t realize Silas would turn out this impressive. But now he does, and there’s no way he’ll let him go. He’s getting old, and his business empire needs someone to take over. His other son’s a disaster. Silas is the only one who’s worth anything, so of course he wants him."

Zane sounded matter-of-fact about it.

Calliope understood, but doubted Silas would ever go back. Maybe when he was a kid, he’d wanted a dad.

But now? He was nearly old enough to be a dad himself.

Oliver was dreaming, as far as Calliope was concerned.